The Drifter: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Peter Ash Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Drifter runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Mendel (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Peter Ash Novel
This is book 1. Books 1 to 9 run 102.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Drifter | 9.2 hrs |
| 2 | Burning Bright | 11.9 hrs |
| 3 | Light It Up | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | Tear It Down | 11 hrs |
| 5 | The Wild One | 10 hrs |
| 6 | The Breaker | 12.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Runaway | 11.6 hrs |
| 8 | The Price You Pay | 13.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Dark Time | 12.2 hrs |
More narrated by Stephen Mendel
Stephen Mendel narrates 44 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 482 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,147 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Drifter is book 1 of Nick Petrie's A Peter Ash Novel series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Mendel, released January 12, 2016, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Mendel
- Released
- January 12, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- A Peter Ash Novel #1
- ISBN
- 9780698409552
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Drifter as an audiobook?
The Drifter runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is The Drifter free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Drifter?
The Drifter is narrated by Stephen Mendel.